#BFC9DA#BFC9DA

#BFC9DA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.026 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC9DA
RGB	rgb(191, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(218, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -0.05, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 9.61, 269.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.004 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.026 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0246, 57.9109, 74.5950)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC9DA #DAD0BF

analogous

#BFD6DA #BFC9DA #C2BFDA

triadic

#BFC9DA #DABFC9 #C9DABF

tetradic

#BFC9DA #DABFD6 #DAD0BF #BFDAC2

square

#BFC9DA #DABFD6 #DAD0BF #BFDAC2

split-complementary

#BFC9DA #DAC2BF #D6DABF

monochromatic

#7188AD #98A8C4 #BFC9DA #E6EAF0 #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BFC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BFC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC9DA

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC9DA	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.026 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9e5',
    500: '#bfc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc9da;
$custom-light: #d2d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 26.733,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83345,
    "c": 0.02619,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC9DA

secondary

#B1A38D

accent

#8040A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC9DA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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